Three days after a worker was pinned by a piece of equipment and died at pipeline work site in west Edmonton, the Canada Energy Regulator has issued a number of directives to Trans Mountain Corp.

Four Indigenous groups argue the government already had an outcome for Trans Mountain in mind when it engaged them, while lawyers countered that First Nations did not approach the consultations in good faith.

A lawyer for Trans Mountain Corp. is defending the government's consultation with Indigenous groups over the Crown corporation's operation and construction of its pipeline project. 

The National Energy Board has rejected Burnaby's request for construction work to stop at the Trans Mountain pipeline terminal in the city.